Whether it's informing the electorate or providing direct access to the legislative process, there are many experiments that pair online tools and representative politics.

With Turkey's general election set for June 12th, a team of Turkish political scientists worked in partnership with a Dutch programme called Vote Compass to expose citizens to different party platforms.

While few voters have the time to study a party's manifesto in detail, Vote Compass helps them cut straight to the parties' positions on the issues they care about, said Ali Carkoglu, a professor of political science at Istanbul's Koc University and the project's lead analyst.

Other online projects aim to connect citizens directly to their representatives.

In Israel, a new political party called Hayeshira says it will use the "wisdom of the crowds" to form its positions. The party's site uses online polls to choose leaders and stances on upcoming bills in the Knesset.

Direct the party is conducted by you - who choose and voters, in cooperation with you. You navigate the party, turn it which promote bills and how to vote in the Knesset plenum, the various committees and the cabinet table

Hayeshira's Facebook page claims that it will run in the next elections, and that Knesset Members will only serve a technical role, referring to the results of polls each day to decide their positions in the legislature.

In Bhutan the leader of the opposition used his Facebook page to solicit supporters' thoughts on what to discuss in the national assembly.

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